Can email be forwarded using contact only on Exchange 2007

Hi Mezczyzna, Yes you can do that.

Create a mail contact. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997220(v=exchg.80).aspx

New-MailContact -Name "Ted Bremer" -ExternalEmailAddress ted@tailspintoys.com -OrganizationalUnit contoso.com

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To forward all mail for John Smith's mailbox to Sara Davis, run the following command.

Set-Mailbox -Identity "John Smith" -ForwardingAddress "sara@contoso.com"

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To deliver mail to John Smith's mailbox and at the same time to forward all mail for John Smith's mailbox to Sara Davis, run the following command.

Set-Mailbox -Identity "John Smith" -ForwardingAddress "sara@contoso.com" -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true

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Check this for details
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851509(v=exchg.80).aspx

Thanks
MAS

Thank you.
This link provides explanation on how to forward user's email on Mailbox.

I am asking if email can be forwarded to an external address without creating a mailbox, but creating just a contact in Active Directory and then Mail Contact (not a mail).

Then assigning an external address on this mail contact.

Your solution deals with mailboxes.

Thank you.

Should say:
just a contact in Active Directory and then Mail Contact (not a mail user).

So I understand this correctly,

You have and AD Contact, Have you configured the SMTP for this contact? Then you want to forward the Contact email to a different email address?

Do the AD Contact change their current email address?

AD changed their address to FirstName@company.com taking it from the alias on Mail Contact in Exchange MC.
I forced it to take to FName@company.com and set the external address to FName@other-company.com
All SMTP is set.
Mail doesn't go.
Error, recipient cannot be found on this mail server.

A consultant said it can be done because he did that somewhere.
Microsoft said it cannot be done.
Although, Microsoft was not correct on some other 'stuff'.

This is why I am asking.

Having a forwarding contact without a User Mailbox is convenient, because there is no password issue and mail would flow.
If it can be done.

I did not use Distribution group for this project.
Ended up using a mailbox and forwarding to a contact.
It turned out I will need the account in AD for Terminal Server, anyway.
Thank you.